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Birth Date	10-28-1986
Height	6' 1"
Weight	230 lbs

Age	38 years, 5 months, 30 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2009	NYN	22	17	59	17	2	1	0	4	5	0	1	0	.321	.356	.396	90	-0.6	-1.0	-2.5	-0.1
2010	NYN	23	73	227	56	7	1	3	24	25	1	1	0	.277	.357	.366	101	0.7	1.1	-1.5	1.0
2011	NYN	24	114	386	91	17	0	3	38	47	4	0	2	.268	.345	.344	92	-2.9	-3.0	5.8	1.7
2012	NYN	25	104	354	75	15	0	1	27	50	1	0	0	.234	.294	.290	67	-13.1	1.3	10.9	1.5
2013	TOR	26	45	135	21	3	1	1	12	25	1	0	0	.175	.256	.242	72	-4.1	0.4	0.8	0.3
2014	TOR	27	57	150	33	4	0	0	14	25	0	0	3	.248	.320	.278	80	-3.1	-1.2	4.0	0.6
2015	TOR	28	18	52	10	2	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	.204	.250	.245	81	-1.0	0.1	1.8	0.4
2016	TOR	29	50	136	20	3	0	1	13	28	1	0	0	.169	.254	.220	69	-4.7	-1.3	7.9	0.8
Career			478	1499	323	53	3	9	135	214	8	2	5	.242	.313	.306	82	-28.8	-3.6	27.1	6.3

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2006	KNG	Rk	APL	36	110	.000	.000	.000	.306			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	SAV	A	SAL	117	458	.257	.333	.384	.310	96	-1.1	13.6	-7.1	113	0	-3.5	-1.3	7.7	0.9
2008	SLU	A+	FSL	111	402	.252	.325	.370	.325	98	15.4	11.9	2.6	137	0	-2.4	-5.5	9.9	1.6
2009	NYN	MLB	NL	17	59	.268	.332	.413	.340	96	0.8	1.7	1	90	12	-2.5	-1.0	-0.6	-0.1
2009	BIN	AA	EAS	103	442	.253	.329	.370	.357	98	15.9	12.4	6	137	0	0.8	-2.1	17.1	3.6
2010	NYN	MLB	NL	73	227	.250	.313	.392	.305	88	0.8	6.3	3.5	101	13	-1.5	1.1	0.7	1.0
2010	BUF	AAA	INT	48	191	.266	.334	.414	.302	105	0.8	5.8	3.5	114	0	4.9	-1.3	3.2	1.5
2011	NYN	MLB	NL	114	386	.252	.314	.391	.300	96	-1.5	10.4	6	92	10	5.8	-3.0	-2.9	1.7
2012	NYN	MLB	NL	104	354	.258	.319	.408	.273	97	-18.3	9.7	5.7	67	10	10.9	1.3	-13.1	1.5
2012	BUF	AAA	INT	2	5	.282	.333	.430	.200	105	-0.7	0.1	0.1	71	0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2013	TOR	MLB	AL	45	135	.258	.319	.403	.213	100	-9	3.6	1.9	72	15	0.8	0.4	-4.1	0.3
2013	BUF	AAA	INT	41	167	.257	.324	.390	.345	104	5.9	4.8	2.3	136	0	0.0	-2.2	4.1	0.9
2014	TOR	MLB	AL	57	150	.253	.313	.385	.306	103	-4.9	3.9	2.2	80	9	4.0	-1.2	-3.1	0.6
2015	TOR	MLB	AL	18	52	.255	.308	.414	.250	109	-4.4	1.4	0.9	81	8	1.8	0.1	-1.0	0.4
2015	BUF	AAA	INT	45	170	.261	.325	.366	.264	92	-3.3	4.7	2.9	93	0	10.9	-1.6	-3.7	1.3
2016	TOR	MLB	AL	50	136	.262	.322	.431	.209	109	-11.5	3.8	2.3	69	12	7.9	-1.3	-4.7	0.8
2018	ERI	AA	EAS	21	76	.249	.330	.384	.275	101	-1.8	2.2	1.3	71	0	-2.8	0.4	-2.1	-0.1
2019	TUL	AA	TEX	22	74	.253	.316	.395	.380	103	0.5	2.0	1.1	129	0	-1.3	-0.8	1.9	0.3
2019	OKL	AAA	PCL	25	90	.269	.345	.451	.255	96	-3.3	3.1	1.8	71	0	-6.0	-0.7	-6.4	-0.7
2019	SLC	AAA	PCL	25	103	.285	.360	.498	.317	110	-2.9	3.4	2.1	80	0	1.4	-0.5	-4.2	0.2

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2006	KNG	Rk	APL	110	98	13	23	4	0	1	30	12	7	25	1	1	.235	.306	.306	.071	0	0
2007	SAV	A	SAL	458	389	46	104	17	0	0	121	36	61	57	4	4	.267	.369	.311	.044	4	4
2008	SLU	A+	FSL	402	347	49	104	25	2	5	148	56	45	38	2	1	.300	.385	.427	.127	1	1
2009	NYN	MLB	NL	59	53	2	17	2	1	0	21	9	4	5	1	0	.321	.356	.396	.075	2	0
2009	BIN	AA	EAS	442	384	48	126	29	2	1	162	46	42	34	8	4	.328	.402	.422	.094	1	1
2010	NYN	MLB	NL	227	202	17	56	7	1	3	74	17	24	25	1	0	.277	.357	.366	.089	0	0
2010	BUF	AAA	INT	191	165	20	44	19	1	2	71	17	22	25	0	0	.267	.354	.430	.164	1	1
2011	NYN	MLB	NL	386	340	22	91	17	0	3	117	40	38	47	0	2	.268	.345	.344	.076	3	1
2012	NYN	MLB	NL	354	321	24	75	15	0	1	93	21	27	50	0	0	.234	.294	.290	.056	1	4
2012	BUF	AAA	INT	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.000	0	0
2013	TOR	MLB	AL	135	120	11	21	3	1	1	29	8	12	25	0	0	.175	.256	.242	.067	0	2
2013	BUF	AAA	INT	167	149	18	48	5	1	7	76	31	14	25	0	1	.322	.383	.510	.188	2	0
2014	TOR	MLB	AL	150	133	11	33	4	0	0	37	7	14	25	0	3	.248	.320	.278	.030	0
2015	TOR	MLB	AL	52	49	5	10	2	0	0	12	2	3	9	0	0	.204	.250	.245	.041	0	0
2015	BUF	AAA	INT	170	149	12	34	5	0	0	39	17	20	20	0	0	.228	.320	.262	.034	0	1
2016	TOR	MLB	AL	136	118	7	20	3	0	1	26	7	13	28	0	0	.169	.254	.220	.051	2	2
2018	ERI	AA	EAS	76	63	11	15	1	0	1	19	10	8	14	1	0	.238	.320	.302	.063	3	1
2019	OKL	AAA	PCL	90	74	8	15	2	0	1	20	4	14	19	0	0	.203	.333	.270	.068	1	0
2019	SLC	AAA	PCL	103	87	10	21	5	0	2	32	12	16	25	1	0	.241	.359	.368	.126	0	0
2019	TUL	AA	TEX	74	65	7	19	3	0	0	22	10	7	16	0	0	.292	.365	.338	.046	1	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2009	218	0.5505	0.3853	0.9048	0.5250	0.2143	0.9524	0.7619	0.0952	-0.0029
2010	868	0.5196	0.4147	0.8806	0.5809	0.2350	0.9504	0.6939	0.1194	-0.0074
2011	1447	0.5073	0.4292	0.8680	0.5967	0.2567	0.9041	0.7814	0.1320	-0.0054
2012	1337	0.5273	0.4540	0.8435	0.6085	0.2816	0.8834	0.7472	0.1565	0.0009
2013	551	0.5136	0.4265	0.8468	0.6254	0.2164	0.8927	0.7069	0.1532	0.0001
2014	615	0.5187	0.4455	0.8285	0.5987	0.2804	0.8901	0.6867	0.1715	-0.0030
2015	194	0.5155	0.4330	0.7738	0.5200	0.3404	0.9038	0.5625	0.2262	0.0046
2016	544	0.5184	0.4283	0.8197	0.6170	0.2252	0.8908	0.6102	0.1803	0.0000
Career	5774	0.5185	0.4326	0.8517	0.5966	0.2561	0.9042	0.7189	0.1483	-0.0025

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2012-05-08	2012-06-01	15-DL	24	22	-	Head	Concussion	Player Collision At Home Plate Admits To Three Possible Concussions	-	-
2011-09-02	2011-09-04	DTD	2	2	Left	Wrist	Contusion	Foul Ball	-	-
2011-06-14	2011-06-14	DTD	0	0	Left	Lower Leg	Contusion	HBP	-
2009-07-01	2009-07-18	Minors	17	0	Left	Thumb	Dislocation	Thumb	-

Compensation

Years	Description	Salary
6 yr	Previous	$5,968,920
6 yr	Total	$5,968,920

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
5 y 165 d	Excel Sports	1 year (2020)

Details

1 year (2020). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 1/30/20 (minor-league contract). Salary of $600,000 in majors.
1 year (2019). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 1/23/19 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.6M in majors. May opt out of contract 7/1/19 if not on Major League roster. Acquired by LA Angels in trade from LA Dodgers 7/12/19.
1 year (2018). Re-signed by Arizona as a free agent 1/9/18 (minor-league contract). Released by Arizona 3/18/18. Signed by Detroit as a free agent 6/23/18 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2017). Signed by Arizona as a free agent 1/25/17 (minor-league contract).
1 year/$0.8M (2016). Re-signed by Toronto as a free agent 12/4/15. DFA by Toronto 8/29/16. Elected free agency 8/30/16. Re-signed by Toronto as a free agent 8/31/16. Elected free agency 11/18/16.
2 years/$2.5M (2013-14), plus 2015 club option. Re-signed by Toronto 1/18/13 (avoided arbitration). 13:$1.25M, 14:$1.25M, 15: $1.75M club option. Toronto exercised 2015 option 11/1/14. Non-tendered by Toronto 12/2/15.
1 year/$498,920 (2012). Re-signed by NY Mets 3/12. Acquired by Toronto in trade from NY Mets 12/17/12.
1 year/$0.42M (2011). Re-signed by NY Mets 3/2/11.
1 year (2010). Re-signed by NY Mets 3/10/10.
1 year (2009). Contract purchased by NY Mets 9/1/09.
Drafted by NY Mets 2005 (13-389) (Mater Dei HS, Breese, Ill.).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
90^o	388	42	89	16	1	9	42	33	82	1	.257	.327	.387	91	16.0	C 3, 1B 0	2.0
80^o	367	37	79	14	1	8	38	29	79	0	.240	.306	.362	82	10.0	C 3, 1B 0	1.3
70^o	351	34	74	13	1	8	35	27	77	0	.234	.299	.358	76	6.0	C 3, 1B 0	0.9
60^o	338	32	68	12	1	7	33	25	75	0	.223	.287	.338	71	2.9	C 3, 1B 0	0.6
50^o	325	30	64	11	1	7	31	23	74	0	.218	.280	.333	66	0.1	C 3, 1B 0	0.3
40^o	312	28	58	10	1	6	29	21	72	0	.204	.262	.310	61	-2.4	C 3, 1B 0	0.0
30^o	299	26	54	9	1	6	27	20	70	0	.199	.257	.305	55	-4.9	C 3, 1B 0	-0.2
20^o	283	23	49	9	1	5	24	18	67	0	.189	.246	.290	49	-7.5	C 3, 1B 0	-0.5
10^o	262	20	41	7	1	4	21	15	63	0	.171	.224	.258	40	-10.6	C 3, 1B 0	-0.8
Weighted Mean	329	31	65	11	1	7	31	24	74	0	.218	.281	.332	67	1.1	C 3, 1B 0	0.4

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Date	Question	Answer
2012-06-19 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Picture this: Dickey deserves to make (and possibly start) the ASG. However, none of the presumed NL all-star catchers have experience catching a knuckler. Dickey lobbies to have Josh Thole added to roster as his "personal catcher". Request is turned down because now ... "the game counts" and Thole is not worthy of a spot on the roster. Comments? (dianagram from VORGville)	Personally, I want Zack Greinke to start the All-Star Game just because it's in Kansas City. Others, like Dickey, are more likely candidates though. As for the scenario, it's interesting. I can see it being a possibility, complete with Thole not making it. And I wouldn't be too saddened by it. Catchers may not be used to catching the knuckler, but I bet they can if necessary (especially for 2 innings). the more important consideration, though, is what La Russa thinks about catchers catching the knuckler. I bet he'd be happy to give Yadier Molina that chance. If Brian McCann is the starter though, he might think differently... (Larry Granillo)
2012-05-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Josh Thole is off to a blistering start. Is there any chance that he will add power to his game? (Steve N from Delaware)	No, I don't see it. Power is reputed to be the last tool to develop (though I tend to vote for either "wisdom" or "perspicacity"), but Thole's already 25 and nobody has ever projected him to hit for power. If he goes deep ten times this year, drop me a line and I'll send you a prize, so long as I can find a shipping box that can hold perspicacity. (Ken Funck)
2011-06-21 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I have the following four catchers in a 16 team Strat-O-Matic league where you can keep a guy forever if you like. Which do you like long term: Chris Iannetta, Ryan Hanigan, Josh Thole, Jason Castro? I'd love to have a stronger catcher, but that's not a possibility until next year's draft. (jhardman from Strat-O-Matic land)	Unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity to play a strat-o-matic league before, so I'm not sure how all the specifics work, like how catcher defense is factored in. Hitting wise in regular roto terms, I like Iannetta the best. (Derek Carty)
2010-03-17 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Two pitching questions: 1) What are the chances of Bumgarner finding that missing velocity? 2) Jenrry Mejia, 8th inning or Triple A? And Happy St Pat's (Jquinton82 from NY)	Happy St. Pat's to you too, especially when it's such a gloriously beautiful day (here in Chicago, at least). I think Bumgarner's going to be fine, and would refer you to some of the things Kevin Goldstein has said about how, last year, he'd been allowed to throw too much between games, and that was the problem. I'd love to see Mejia stick around, in part because he'd be another guy to count among those story-changing youngsters that the organization does have almost ready. However, like Josh Thole, I can see taking their time and easing him in later on this season. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-08-21 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Are you a believer in Josh Thole? He cant be worse than Schneider and Santos, right? (brian from Brooklyn NY)	If that's your litmus test in me believing in him, then yet. Not a great defender, but can hit. Best comp I've heard from a scout is Darrin Fletcher. (Kevin Goldstein)

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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year	lvl	CSAA	Framing Runs	Blocking Chances	EPAA	Blocking Runs	SB Attempts	SRAA	TRAA	Throwing Runs	FRAA Adj.	FRAA
2007	afx	.000	0.0	501	-.001	0.1	9	.038	-.006	-0.2	-0.1	-3.5
2008	afa	.000	0.0	2853	-.001	0.6	69	.036	-.009	-1.2	-0.6	-2.4
2009	mlb	-.009	-1.2	534	.007	-1.1	6	-.001	-.001	0.0	-1.9	-2.5
2009	aax	.000	0.0	3937	-.001	0.8	74	.015	-.001	-0.6	-0.3	0.8
2010	mlb	-.007	-3.3	2062	.001	-0.7	25	-.039	-.004	0.6	-4.3	-1.5
2010	aaa	.012	6.6	2044	.000	0.2	43	.025	-.002	-0.7	5.3	4.9
2011	mlb	.003	2.7	3893	-.001	1.7	69	.000	.002	0.0	3.7	5.8
2012	mlb	.011	8.1	3780	-.002	2.6	67	.030	.000	-1.2	9.2	10.9
2012	aaa	-.001	0.0	38	.000	0.0	1	.013	.000	0.0	0.4	0.0
2013	aaa	.000	0.2	1519	-.001	0.3	38	.028	.000	-0.7	-0.7	0.0
2013	mlb	.004	1.0	1342	-.002	0.7	28	.011	.009	-0.2	1.2	0.8
2014	mlb	.011	3.6	1720	-.002	0.9	24	.043	.002	-0.6	3.9	4.0
2015	aaa	.023	10.6	1748	-.001	0.3	28	.008	-.001	-0.1	10.6	10.9
2015	mlb	.008	0.9	551	-.007	1.0	5	.030	-.002	-0.1	1.8	1.8
2016	mlb	.016	5.6	1723	-.007	2.6	22	.016	.003	-0.2	7.7	7.9
2018	aax	-.011	-2.6	59	.000	0.0	20	.015	-.002	-0.2	-2.8	-2.8
2019	aaa	-.009	-5.2	108	.001	0.0	37	-.002	.000	0.0	-5.3	-4.6
2019	aax	.001	0.3	150	.001	0.0	19	.099	.000	-1.2	-1.0	-1.3

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